Tag Archives: GP Cooperatives and Out-of-Hours Services

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) annual State of Care report assesses the overall status of health and social care in England. The head of the CQC has alleged that parts of the NHS and social care may soon be … Continue reading →

Summary The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the Patients Association have published a joint report, entitled “Time to Act. Urgent Care and A&E: the Patient Perspective”, which incorporates results of a survey of patients conducted between September 2014 … Continue reading →

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) review of the quality of care provided by hospitals, care homes and GP practices in England, published earlier this month, discloses information about the persistence of unjustifiable variations in quality and safety. Safety, safeguarding and … Continue reading →

Summary This House of Commons Library briefing note supplies information on NHS primary medical services provided by GPs in England. It has been updated to cover elements of the new GP contract; including the introduction of named GPs for people … Continue reading →

Summary A statistical briefing from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) indicates that there has been a small – but significant – increase in the number of over-65s attending the major A&E units. The problem lies in the … Continue reading →